Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay 2025 giantsteps2024 and slate-laden minerality

and slate-laden minerality

Organic viticulture with absolutely no chemical herbicides

this Margaux is beautifully balanced

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each plot is vinified independently (or grouped by similar soil-type) and the wines' malo suppressed

Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay 2025 giantsteps2024 and slate-laden mineralityThe Merricks Chardonnay, from 28 year old vines on soils of grey loams and red ferrosols on south and southeast facing slopes, was harvested and sorted by hand before being pressed as bunches. Fermentation was spontaneous with high levels of solids in 500 litre Franois Frres puncheons. A small portion went through natural malolactic fermentation, and the wine rested in large format barrels (15% new) on full gross lees for 10 months before bottling.